[lang_en]Mini Green Challenge 2#: The Story of Objects
Time: Apr 13, 2013 16:30 – 18:00
Venue:chi K11 art space (Shanghai K11 Art Mall, B3, 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu）
Age: 18 years +
Language: Chinese
Moderator: Flora Lan (Greennovate)
Organizers: Xindanwei，Greennovate
Cost: Free of charge, RSVP required
Living in the concrete jungle which is totally disconnected with the nature, are you really aware of the real condition of your residential place? And how much should a radio sold for $4.99 reasonably cost? Why are we guys so found of buying “objects”? Why are we wasting quite a few things? And why we are unlikely to get much happier as we’ve expected, even if we are becoming wealthier? What should we believe in? How should we deal with all these stuff, and with what?
To seek for the answers to the listed questions, we may overlook the sustainable image in the bird view. You are welcome to join us with your smile and open mind, and participate in the discussions on the concepts of fairness, justice, health, simplicity and the real look of happiness, so as to regain these fundamental elements of life.
Suppose that the history of our planet was shortened to just one day, than how shall we describe it? Just come to our mini-workshop and figure out the answer! What’s more, we are going to turn the history of our planet into an animation via our own paintings as the birthday gift for our Mother Earth.
Mini Green Challenge
- rapid prototyping workshops for a greener me
Cities need a healthy regenerative supply of resources and goods that ensures food, water and energy security. Mini Green Challenge is a call to action for everyone living in the city to raise awareness about conscious living, informed consumption, and the collective impact of individual actions. Our goal is to inspire urban youth and familes to transition from conventional to conscious living, take action, and sustain a healthy, just planet.
Mini Green Challenge designs creative participatory learning environments for game-changing conversations. This project will demonstrate an innovative, community-focused actions toward a sustainable way of living.5 Mini Challenges will be brought to the public by: Artists, Educators and Green Movement Advocates.
Mini Green Challenge is brought to you by Xindanwei.Meet Xindanwei, a Shanghai based international open innovation program in experiential and radical learning for organization, startup and strategy development. We design and deliver creative participatory learning environments and experiences for game-changing conversations and disruptive solutions, and connect the participants with the movers and shakers of China’s creative, technology and social innovation scene. We challenge participants to leave their comfort zones, harness individual and collective creativity to evolve and innovate. The outcome is inspiration, transformation, confidence, ownership and next individual and organizational endeavor. This isn’t just about generating ideas. It’s also about making the ideas happen.
The co-working community we serve and work with is a self-nourishing network embedded in China’s creative, tech and social sectors which provides community members with the opportunity to seek out resonated spirits and share in rich discussions about creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation and impact to the society.[/lang_en]
[lang_cn]城市试验田2＃：东西的故事
时间: 2013年4月13日 16:30 – 18:00
地点: chi K11艺术空间（上海K11购物艺术中心 B3层 淮海中路300号）
语言: 中文
适宜年龄：18岁以上
主持人: 兰菲菲 (格诺威特)
主办方：新单位，格诺威特
费用：本活动免费，但需提前预约
生活在与自然脱轨的钢筋丛林中，你可知目前的环境状况？一个售价为4.99美元的收音机的真实价格又应该是多少？为什么我们如此热衷于买“东西”？为什么我们的浪费这么大？为什么我们的东西多了，快乐却少了？我们身边的东西何以让我们信得过？我们又如何应对？
让我们一同从大局鸟瞰整幅可持续图景，寻找上述问题的答案。带着你的微笑与开放的头脑过来，让我们在这里，谈论正义、公平、健康、朴素、本真的幸福，重拾这些最最根本的生命要素。如果我们把地球的历史缩短成一天，那这一天内到底发生了什么？来参加我们的迷你工作坊，一起看个究竟！再让我们用自己的画笔，把地球的历史做成动画视频，庆祝地球母亲的生日！
“城市试验田”
快速重塑一个更绿色健康的自己
每个城市都需要一个健康再生资源和商品的供应，从而使得粮食，水和能源的安全得以保证。“城市试验田”呼吁人们立即采取行动，每个生活在城市的人都应该在有意识的生活，知情消费，个人行为所产生的公众影响等反面提高认知。我们致力于激发城市里的年轻人和家庭从传统生活过渡到自觉的生活，并采取行动，保持健康。
“城市试验田”为突破性的对话营造了一个全新的参与式的学习环境。该项目将展示怎样以一个创新的，以社区为重点的行动去实现可持续的生活方式。5个迷你“试验田”将接连由这些人为您呈现：艺术家，教育工作者，绿色运动倡导者
城市试验田，由“新单位”策划并呈现。新单位通过为公司，个人和组织建立体验式和“无教师”式学习管理机制，实现真正的开放式创新。我们营造互动参与式的学习体验环境，为参与者对接中国创意、科技、以及社会创新领域的精英，以主持及开展“建设性”对话的形式来寻求“颠覆型”解决方案。我们引导参与者走出自己的“舒适区”，融入个人和团队的力量尝试改变。这不仅能激发灵感，增加信心，带来变革，更让参与者有更强的归属感，从而促进个人和组织创新上的飞跃。这当然不仅仅为了产生更多想法，更是赋予了其实现的可能。
新单位社群代表着几千名热爱并扎根于中国创意，科技及社会公益事业的人们，我们从彼此身上寻求灵感，展开对话，共同探求创新并且可持续性的解决方案。[/lang_cn]
